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Monday, 26 September 2011

Review: Onions In The Stew

I found this book when I was on holiday at my aunties in the fifties. It was a hot summer, and I would lay on the bed with the window open, lace curtains blowing, and read Onions In The Stew by Betty MacDonald, for hours at a time. I was only eleven years old, but loved the book. As the years progressed I read other Betty MacDonald novels and they are also full of humour, which reminds me of those far off summers when I was a young boy. Of all her books, Onions In The Stew is my favourite, because of the carefree simple life she describes, which is so alluring. She makes you want to go and live in a beach house by the sea, eating fish and searching for firewood on the shore. Her writing about her teenage girls is very apt in today's world when parents have to deal with this difficult stage. I can't recommend this book enough. once you own it you'll want to read it again and again. A big thank you to the publisher for re-issuing these books. Betty MacDonald is a talented writer

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I like anything that makes me laugh, from the nostalgia of the Carry On films to the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Peter Sellers made me laugh so hard I would fall off the cinema seats. Then there’s television.Frasier, Miranda and Lead Balloon and many more that have made me forget life for a while with a belly laugh.
I really believe laughter in our lives is important, for our immune systems and well being. I remember reading Wilt by Tom Sharpe. It was a low time in my life, but I couldn’t stop myself from laughing out loud while in a hospital waiting room. Everybody in that room looked up and smiled, and for a brief moment we were linked by humour.